Parlor bowling-alley



J. A. MALONE.

PARLOR BOWLING-VALLEY. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1919.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

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JAMES A. MALONE, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

PARLOR BOWLING-ALLEY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented No 30 192() Application flledJune 2, 1919. vSerial No. 301,182.

designed to be capable of folding for storage and transportation and which may be readily set up for use upon any suitable support, as for instance upon a table.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the kind mentioned which will be readily foldable and which may be used to advantage for playing games such asare played upon ordinary bowling alleys.

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My invention conslsts of the novel combination of parts which will be herein described and then defined by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown my invention in the form of construction which I prefer to use. I

. Figure 1 'is a side view of my device set up in position for use, except that the receiving box at one end is in section. I,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the Fig. 3 shows ,the runway part of my device folded incondition for transportation.

Fig. 4 shows, in perspective, the end sections or receiving boxes put together in condition, for transportation and serving as a receptacle for balls and pins used in playing the game.

' The runway sections 1, 1 of my device are constructed in proportion and otherwise as is therunway of the ordinary bowling alley, with the exception that the relative length is somewhat less than that of the standard bowling alley. It is provided with a runway surface 10 and gutters 11 at the sides. The 'two sections 1, 1 are hinged at their ad: jacent ends, as shown at 12, so that they may be folded, after the manner shown in Fig. 3. These sections are provided with side walls 13 which extend upward asufiicient distance revent balls rolling off. t each end of the device, the same being at the ends of the sections which are distant from the hinge 12, is a section 14, in which the'side' walls 13 are lacking.

The receiving boxes 2 have one end o en and the upper side in the main open'f he bottom 20, stops somewhat short of the in- .Fig. l.

the opposite end.

'the pins for the other.

hand in Fig. 1.,

' ner end of the box, as shown at 21. On the upper side a short section 22 is covered. Each side piece of the box is provided witha slot 23 running lengthwise thereof, which is so placed as to receive a bolt 3 which passes through the main body of the runway. This bolt passes through the slots 23 and is provided with heads or washers on its ends.

This construction permits the underside '20 of the box being slid under the end 14 of the runway as is shown at the'left hand in It also permits the box to be drawn outward and then swung down into the position shown on the right hand of Fig. 1. The position shown at the left hand of Fig. 1, is the position. which the receiving box would occupy when the bowling was from This device is supposed to be provided with pins 4 and balls 40 which will be proportioned in size to the size of alley, and these are to be used in any manner similar to that used with a full sized bowling alley. By providing a receiving box for each end, it is possible for two persons to play, one being stationed at each end, each setting up I The party who is bowling draws out the receiving box and lowers it into the position shown at the right I employ a bar'5 which is bent in the form of a low wide U. This is inserted in holes formed in the side walls 13 or is supported in any other manner, suoh'that it may be readily secured and detached. This is placed near the end of the alley and serves essentially the same purpose as the. foul line on an ordinary bowlin alley, it being one of the rules of the game t at the balls must be delivered beneath this bar or wicket. This being readily removable it may be placed within the box formed by the two receiving boxes whenfthe device is packed;

The two runway sections 1,being hinged, may be folded together as in the manner shown in Fig. 3, for convenient storage and transportation. By removing the bolts 3 the 'receivingboxes 2 may beremoved from the runways. The side members 24 of the boxes 2 are provided with holes 25 located near the corner which .is opposite'to that at which the slot 23 is located. By removing the bolts 3, these receiving boxes may be detached from the runway and may then be assembled as in the manner illustrated in- Fig. 4, in which one side of one box isplaced withinthe corresponding side of the other box and the opposite side is placed outside of the corresponding side of the other box. I The width of the top board 22 corresponds with the width of the space 21 which is not covered at the opposite side of the box, so

' that the holes 25 may be brought'into allnement with the ends of the slots 23 when the side 22 of onebox engages with the edge of the bottom section of the other'box. By

1 passing the b01ts3through these boxes, .the

two may be clamped together and thus produce a closed box, in which may be placed the pins, the balls and the wickets 5.

I have shown the runway sections as provided, each with a-handle 6. These two handles are so placed that when the two sections are folded together, the handles and also whereby it may be assembled in such away as to securely inclose all'of the parts. i

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A parlor bowling alley comprising a runway, a receiving box at each end provided with slots in opposite sides extending lengthwise thereof-from near its inner end, and pivot pins carried by the ends of the runway and passing through said slots, said slots and pivots being located to support the bottom of the box below the bottom of the runway to permit the box to slide under the runway.

2. A parlor bowling alley comprising a runway having a short section at each end without side walls, a receiving box for each end having sides adapted to register with the side walls of the runway and with its bottom extending under the bottom of the runway, the sides of said boxes having slots running lengthwise thereof from near their inner end, and pivot pins carried by the 'runway' and extending through-the slots in the sides of the box.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 27th day of May, 1919.

. JAMES A. MALONE. 

